Game played on a board



' A. J. w. E. BRUNNER GAME PLAYED oN A BOARD 'Filed oct. 31, 1924 Aug. 24 1926r .Patented Aug. r24, 1926.

UNirh STATES 1,596,91 ATE-NT orifice..

ANSELMJULIU wiLHnLM ERICH BRUNNER, or Ascona, SWITZERLAND.

,GAM PLAYED oN A BOARD.

.trigliceridi inea ofctbbefsi; w24, serian-. 746x993, and in switzerland 'November 1, v1923.

The invention relates toa gaine played on a board having a' surfaceldivided into squares and having leadinginjen and ordinary men, the latter adaptedhtojfollow determined movements of the leading men and to beI therebyarranged in groups.

The invention is illustrated on the'accor'npanying dravaingsyiirwhich p j I Figs. land 2 sihowplan viewson the boar-d ,with leading 'men x'and ordinary vmen n arranged in `Vaocordance -,with Y two different waysvo'i' playing...: y Y Y i y 4 Y Fig. 3i`s aperspective view ofvapl'ading F 4 'is a perspective view of an ordinary Fig. .5; shows a diagram of the movements ykof a leading mam. l. y 6 and 7 are yplafn views ot ordinary men showing detailfrnodihcations. M p A boardcoiisisting of wood, card-board or a similar material is divided into fortyeight squares L v ffhelattenai'e alternately bright and dark colored. The game is lpro.-

vided with a numbeiyot', ordinary men b which corresponds tothe iiuinber .of squares a. The ordinary menareof anat. square :shape (Fig. 4) vand are also made of wood, card-board or asimilar. infatfefrial'.4 The ordie nary men are provided on their upper face with a direction; markof white. and black colour respectively and ei'ztendiii'g 4from the centre of a man towards one corner. The bottom faces of the men are white and black respectively. One white leading man and one black leading man are further provided, the so-called knights l (Fig. 4). The leading men are inserted in two recesses f provided in the ledge e of the board, when they are not used. The leading menare ordinarily made of the same material as the board and the men b.

Let it be assumed that two parties are playing at the game. One of the parties receives twenty-four men the bottom face of which is white and the white knight and the other party receives twenty-four black men and the black knight. Each party places its knight on an empty square a irrespective of the color of the latter.

In Fig. l, in which the movements according to one manner of playing are indicated, the vinitial position of the knight Z is designated with (l) for the black knight and with (I) or the white knight. The further movements of both knights d are subjected to `definite rules. AIn fthe inovements whichthe knight d, is permitted to v,HiekeH ,are di'grammatlly indicated: aC-

cordingy to the ruleVV that the knight 'is allowed to jumpjover one vert-ical and one horizontal rowy of ,squares with. each vpiovementon a squarejhaving av colour thatis ,diflferent to thatsquare from, which the knight ystarts its ,Irloveme'nt. The playiiiggparties.

placejsuccessively one man?) ona.. square a within the reach fifth@ movemeisiof, 'the knight and place their .knight 'd oath@ man previously set. For ei i'afripflez a .fv'zhitex t'man is puren position (2) and f1iereupon-ab1k 'man is put on position. (Il). Ina similiar airernaringgsequec thema. parues, @ver eachaffurth'er squa'rewith afina'n. Y,.'Ihereloy the knights. move. along. the .arrowsyindi pated, z They are always. placed, on. the of lastset .'mfan vand indicate thus the `positions taken upby the. parties. The par tiesende'avor to ldistribulte their inenon 'board in such a, maiiner thatevery twognien otthes'aine colourare placed in vthvlefsarne horizontal rovv,` of lskrpiaresandga,t equal ,tangles frointh'e centre line g. `Such Ya .group pf tvvol nien of the same lcolour shall be called ia balance. and isf'represented Vin Fig. 'l2 by the. fpoins 2) and; 5) .and. (o, e) .'edd V.Of the .White irefes. Welles liv. the positie/isili) (vi, (111;) au ou), (IV)r and (VII) of the. black men. The party which succeeds in obtaining a balance rhas the lead and is permitted to move with its knight. The knights may be placed on positioned men of their own colour as well as on men of the opponents colour, provided that the opponents knight is not already placed on the respective man. It two men of different colours are in the balance position in the same horizontal row of squares,

one of them may be captured by the opponents knight being placed upon it. The captured man is removed from the board and is returned to its owner and is replaced The losing party continues the gaine by itself until it has succeeded to place all its men in balance relations, The nun ber of movements ot the knight necessary to that purpose are counted as points in favor of the winner'.

l/Vith the second manner of playing` (Fig. 2) one party is allotted men with the white ydirection niark and the White knight and the other party receives the same nun ber of men with black direction mark and the black knight. The movements or" the knights CZ are subjected to the same rules as stated above with the balance gaine., the difference being that groups 01"' the direction n' arks have to be obtained. The groups vmay be produced With two, three or four men which join each other with their edges in Which the direction mark ends. The parties place the men in the usual sequence on squares covered by the movements of the knights and a party may place his men to form groups With his own men or with those of the opponent. Black and White direction marks may thus cooperate to form a group. According to the rules the player which has joined a group may continue to move its knight. For example the White knight starting the game may move from its initial position (l) into the position (2), whilst the black knight moves from the initial position (I) into the position (II). rlhereupon the parties cover the positions (3) and (IH) successively with men, whereupon the White knight moves into the position (4). In this position a man With a White direction mark is joining to the black man of the position (H). In consequence of the obtained joining the` White knight is allowed to continue its movement and he is placed in the position (5). The black knight moves now to the neaeie position (1V) and joins there a group consisting of three men. As a joint has been made the black knight continues its movement and covers successively the positions (V) to (X) in which it joins to `groups With the exception of the last position. rThe party Which has obtained the largest number of joints and has therefore placed its men first on the board Wins. The losing party continues the game by itself until it has placed all its men. rlhe number ot movements required to this end' are countedas points in favor of the Winner. i

Three, four or more parties may play at the game. The number of the squares, which need not be 48, must be a multiple of the number of the players. Lt several parties play the nien and knights allotted to each party must have ditlerent colours. Instead ot the simple directionmarks c symbols may be provided on the men as is shownin Figs. 6 and 7. The movements ot'v the. knights and the arrangement of the direction marks when placing the men might also be subjected to other rules than those stated above.

l claim rl. A gaine played on a board divided into squares for receiving men, characterized by the feature that the gaine is provided With leading men and ordinary men, the latter follou ing the movements of the leading` men for the purpose of forming` groupsand the movements being' governed by determined rules. Y

2. A game as claimed in claim 1, characterized by the fact that the ordinary men are provided on one side with a direction mark so arranged that it produces a group with the direction mark ot an adjoining man.

ANSELM .lULlUS WILHELM ERCH BRUNNER. 

